1146 L- Radlkofer. — Sapindaceae. 



In Kamerun: Mildbraed n. 4540! (Südkamerun, Bez. Molundu, Bangebusch, 

 fl.; Hb. Berol.), id. n. 5099 (Südkamerun, Bez. Lomie, zwischen Assobam am Bumba 

 u. Stat. Lomie, 28. IV. 1911, fr.; Hb. Berol.). 



4. B. Mildbraedii Radlk. in Wiss. Ergebn. Afr.-Exped. 1907-1908, II. (1912) 480 

 t. LXIV; Engler, Pflanzenwelt Afr. III. 2. (1921) 282. — Arbor mediocris; rami juniores 

 3-angulares, sulcati, ut et foliorum juniorum rhachis basique subtus foliolorum juveni- 

 lium nervus medianus nee non thyrsi pube brevi densa alutacea induti, adultiores tere- 

 tiusculi, glabrati, cortice rugoso et longitudinaliter rimoso; folia pari-pinnata, petiolo 

 sat longo latiusculo supra piano, marginibus elevatis, subtus convexo; foliola 6 — 8, sub- 

 opposita, petiolulata, infima late ovata, reliqua elliptico-oblonga, utrinque subacuta, 

 summa interdum subobovata, integerrima, coriacea, penninervia, nervis lateralibus parum 

 approximatis, utrinque circ. 12, oblique procurvis supra nervoque mediane impressis 

 subtus prominentibus, laxe clathrato-venosa, glabrata, supra laeviuscula nitidula, subtus 

 opaca, e viridi subfusca, juniora subtus glandulis ovalibus stipitatis microscopicis hie 

 illic adspersa, epidermide valde mucigera; thyrsi axillares, petiolos aequantes vel sub- 

 duplo superantes, basi interdum ramulo aucti, rhachi angulosa sulcata sat dense cymulas 



2 — 3-floras vel superne plerumque ad flores singulos reductas gereute; bracteae bracteo- 

 laeque parvae, ovatae, acutae, alutaceo-tomentellae; flores mediocres, feminei certe 

 longiuscule pedicellati, pedicellis pulverulento-puberulis; calyx pro genere parvus, pro- 

 funde 5-partitus, segmentis deltoideis puberulis; petala 5, late ovata, calycem plus duplo 

 superantia, basi contracta sessilia, praesertim dorso et margine villosula, intus squama 

 lata truncata marginibus adnata albo-villosa aucta, inde saccata; discus generis tumide 

 annularis, glaber nee nisi margine superiore staminum pressione 8-lobo puberulus; sta- 

 mina (floris § tantum visa) intra discum inserta, brevia, germen dimidium vix superantia, 

 filamentis crassiuscule filiformibus dense albo-villosis, antheris ellipsoideis albide pube- 

 rulis; germen triquetro-ellipsoideum triloculare, laxe minutim sufferrugineo-puberulum, 

 intus (angulo centrali excepto) glabrum, in stipitem brevem contractum, apice in stylum 

 germine breviorem triangulärem sulcis suturalibus stigmatosis longitudinaliter exaratum 

 extimo apice subtrilobum attenuatum; gemmulae in loculis solitariae, infra medium 

 tuberculo axeos pilosulo insidentes, erectae, campylotropae, apotropae. 



Rami 8 mm crassi. Folia petiolo 5 — 6 cm longo adjecto ad 35 cm longa, interjugis 



3 — 5 cm longis; foliola cum petiolulis 1 cm longis ad 22 cm longa, 9 cm lata, infima mi- 

 nora, 15 cm longa, 8 cm lata. Thyrsi 5 — 10 cm longi, pedicellis 5 — 7 mm longis, bracteis 

 1 mm vix superantibus. Flores 4 mm longi et lati, flavescenti-albidi. 



In Africa tropica orientali: J. Mildbraed n. 2407! (Fort Beni, prope Muera, 

 in Silva primaeva, m. Jan. 1908, fl. $; Hb. Berol.), 



5. B. Welwitschii (Hiern) Radlk. — Phialodiscus Welwüschii Hiern, Cat. Afr. PI. 

 Welwitsch I. (1896) 171 ; Engler, Pflanzenwelt Afr, III. 2. (1921) 284; Exell, Gossweiler's 

 PI. in Journ. of Bot. Suppl. I. (1928) 89. — »Brauches woody, terete, glabrous, duU; 

 branchlets duU grey-green, slightly puberulous towards the apex; leaves alternate, ex- 

 stipulate, mostly paripinnate and 4-jugate, 8 — 14 in. long; petiole angular, subglabrate, 

 1 — 2,5 in. long; leaflets mostly opposite, more or less elliptic-oblong, obtusely acumi- 

 nate at the apex, often unequally narrowed at the base, coriaceous, glabrous, entire or 

 subentire, dark-green on both surfaces, 3,5 — 8 in. long by 1,5 — 2,5 in. broad; lateral 

 veins in 7 — 12 pairs, in relief on the lower surface and impressed on the Upper sur- 

 face; petiolules Vs — ^/s in. Male inflorescence in terminal paniculate spikes, about 



4 in. long and broad, somewhat tawny-tomentellous; ultimate pedicels very short; 

 bracteoles small, ovate; flowers hemispherical, ^/s — Ve in. diam.; calyx deeply 

 5-lobed; lobes ovate, shortly tomentellous outside, V12 in. long; petals 4, trigonous- 

 funnel-shaped, somewhat hairy on both surfaces, V12 in. long; stamens 8, exserted, 

 unequal, ranging up to ^/s in.; filaments slender, hairy except the apex, inserted 

 within the fleshy annular somewhat hairy disk; ovary rudimentary, hairy, short, ob- 

 tusely 3-sided.<< 



